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Just before the end of the WWII, two German provision U-boats, U-530 and U-977, were launched from a port on the Baltic Sea. Reportedly they took with them members of the antigravity-disk research and development teams, and the last of the most vital disc components (much of this technology and hardware had been transported to the base during the course of the war). This included the notes and drawings for the latest saucer or aerial disk designs, and designs for the gigantic underground complexes and living accommodations based on the remarkable underground factories of Nordhausen in the Harz Mountains. The two U-boats duly reached the new land of Neu-Schwabenland where they unloaded everything.

When the two ships entered an Argentine port months after the end of the war American Intelligence officials were alerted. They apprehended the crewmen and -- based on "rumors" that Martin Bormann, Evan Braun and even Adolf Hitler himself managed to escape to a top secret base in Antarctica -- they interrogated the Nazi personnel from both U-boats. In recent years it has been discovered that the dental records of the "suicide" found in the ashes of Berlin -- which were supposed to be the remains of Adolph Hitler -- did not match other dental records of the Nazi leader that have surfaced since the end of World War II.

Apparently these interrogations by military Intelligence agents led to a dramatic American Naval Military response against the "Last Battalion" of the Third Reich.

There have been persistent 'rumors' that Navy Admiral Richard E. Byrd engaged Nazi forces in battle at the South Pole, a mission that was covered-up by a government that may have been embarrassed to admit that they had failed to entirely destroy the Nazi war machine. Reports stated that four of Byrd's planes were lost with all hands in the battle, and ground crews could not advance because of the 'sonic cannon' that Nazi scientists had developed which produced severe psychological effects. The battle was said to have ended in a stalemate and ceased three weeks after it began. It has also been claimed that when an enraged Admiral Byrd returned to the United States, he 'suggested' to the President and the Joint Chiefs of staff in an almost demanding tone that Antarctica be turned into a thermonuclear test range.

Some have suggested that this did not come to pass, either through the interference of fascist infiltrators within the CIA or as a result of the intimidation that may have been felt in Washington D.C. after [what may have been Nazi] discs buzzed the White House in perfect military formation, a few years after the war in Antarctica. All of these events of course were classified Above Top Secret [higher than the H-bomb].

Now, of course the allegations that Byrd's 'Operation Highjump' was actually a cover for a military operation might be stretching the limit of credibility. However one would have to explain why this 'scientific expedition' involved thirteen ships, two seaplane tenders, an aircraft carrier, six two-engine r4d transports, six martin PBM flying boats, six helicopters and a staggering total of 4,000 elite navy combat troops? if anything, it was certainly al all- out 'scientific' expedition...

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Nazi Gold Stories From ArgentinaA brief look at what could be called gold stories, legends, or myths, sheds light on to the missing Nazi treasures. The biggest hoard still missing is that of Bormannís Aktion Feuerland project. Undoubtedly, there are as many myths as there are facts surrounding Bormannís treasure. Some have taken on the aspects of legends. Thus the reader is forewarned that what follows concerning this hoard may be partially false. What is known with certainty is up until June 1944, Bormann transferred his loot across France in trucks to Spain. In Spain the treasure was transferred to U-boats, which then made the voyage to Argentina. After D-Day with the land route closed to Spain, Bormann continued his transfer of assets to Argentina by air. Author, Ladislas Farago claims that the virtually complete record of this operation is preserved in the archives of Coordination Federal in Buenos Aires, in the FBI files, and in the archives of the British Admiralty. The later assumed the U-boats were on regular patrol. Farago claims the shipments began in 1943 and arrived on a regular basis spaced at six to eight weeks apart. He states the money and gold were deposited in the name of Eva Peron.

According to Farago, the Perons managed to gain control over much of Bormannís treasure and in Evaís Rainbow Tour of Europe; she deposited over $800 million in numbered accounts in various Swiss banks.

Faragoís list of Bormannís treasure above has been partially verified by Adam Lebor, as he specifically list the same quantities of gold and diamonds. Although Farago starts the gold deliveries before the Red House meeting, the Allies first became alarmed at the Nazi gold transfers it in 1943. Allied intelligence believed that much of the first gold to arrive in Argentina was used to finance the Nazi espionage web in South America.

One legend concerning Argentina and Nazi gold claims that in the closing days of the war a fleet of Nazi U-boats containing the Nazi treasure and top Nazis, including Hitler left Germany for Argentina. In route to Argentina they encountered an allied naval task force and a battle resulted in the loss of several allied ships, which the United States continues to deny. Recently, additional evidence surfaced in Pravda shedding new light to the legend. It is known that ten U-boats were dispatched to Argentina in the last days of the war. Paravda claims that at least 5 of them reached Argentina with no less than 50 top Nazi officials. During the trip the U-boats sunk an American battleship and the Brazilian cruiser Bahia with a death toll of more than 400, including US citizens.

Pravda claims the US ship was the USS Eagle 56. However, the US Eagle 56 was sunk on April 23, 1945, off the Maine coast towing targets for dive bombing practice. Only thirteen of the 67 crew members survived. The navy maintained the ship was sunk by a boiler room explosion until recently, finally acknowledging that the USS Eagle 56 had in fact been sunk by U-boat U-853. U-853 was sunk on May 6, 1945, in the North Sea southeast of New London.

The Bahia was sunk by U977, which surrendered at Mar del Plata, Argentina on 17 August 1945, and was turned over to the US for testing. Four US radiomen: William Joseph Eustace, Andrew Jackson Pendleton, Emmet Peper Salles, and Frank Benjamin Sparksere were aboard the Bahia and were killed. The US Navy still lists the men as missing in action. Brazil ascribes the sinking of the Bahia to an onboard explosion.

The article in Pravda was based on information from Argentina researchers Carlos De Napoli and Juan Salinas. They claim that a fleet of almost 20 U-boats sailed from the Norwegian port of Bergen, between May 1 and May 6. They joined another group of U-boats coming from the US coasts around Cape Verde. There they learned of the surrender. Some scuttled their boats, others surrendered, and still others set course for Germany. However, at least six of the U-boats proceeded for Argentina. Further, the article claimed that the Argentina Navy was ordered to stop attacks on German U-boats operating close to Argentina beaches, on orders from Churchill. Farago for one has confirmed that the Argentina Navy was issued such an order by Peron. He does not however, mention that the order came from Britain.

The Pravda article contains a serious error in the name of the US ship sunk. Due to the controversy of the sinking being listed as a boiler explosion when the survivors reported seeing a trotting horse on a red shield on the conning tower, the sinking of the USS Eagle 56 has been thoroughly investigated. However, the article contains much information known to be true, including the listing of two of the U-boats: U-530 and U-977. U-530 surrendered in the Mar del Plata, Argentina on 10 July 1945. It was turned over to the US for testing. Other information has been partially confirmed by other investigators. It is also known initially, the US didnít believe the report of Hitler's suicide at first and launched a search in South America for him and other missing top Nazis. After surrendering, the commander of U-977 Heinz Schšffer was arrested and charged with smuggling war criminals to South America.

Interestingly, U-530 appeared to have been stationed around Cape Verde in 1944. On June 23, 1944, U530 rendezvoused with the Japanese sub I-52 to transfer a radar detector about 850 miles west of the islands. The Allies were aware of the transfer and allied planes managed to sink the Japanese submarine. The I-52 was located in 1955 and still contains 2 tons of gold.

Additional information surfaced in 1997 in Argentina. The national newspaper, AmbitoFinanciero, was contacted by a man giving his full German name and his commander's identity number. He claimed he arrived in Argentina after scuttling his U-boat. In 1970s, a different person making the same claim contacted the same paper. This U-boat commander wrote that, on Hitler's specific orders, ten submarines, each with fifty officers and crew, were to sail to Argentina to help found the Fourth Reich. Recently, more information on this fleet of U-boats came from Norway. There, a person claiming to have allegedly worked in an archive department of the Nazi Navy, a large part of which was stationed in southern Norway during the War, discovered additional documents that collaborate the Argentina information. Other researchers have long claimed two U-boats were scuttled after unloading their cargo of documents and gold in shallow water, which would confirm the two contacts with the paper.

This brief look at the Bormann treasure transferred to Argentina readily illustrates the difficulty of sorting fact from fiction in the tales of Nazi loot. Author, Uki Goni has also presented proof of the difficulties encountered in relying on Argentina records. He has found that those records have been purged of incriminating files on at least two different occasions. The full truth of the Bormann treasure may never be revealed unless the Untied States and England declassifies all documents from WWII. The Pravda article was obviously inflated largely along the lines of the Soviet suspicions of the time. However, setting aside its faults, it sheds additional light on Bormannís operation that the Untied States and England would like to see buried. Additional searches for German U-boats along the Argentina coast are already being planned. Any discoveries would only serve to confirm more of the Pravda article as well as the contacts made with the Argentina paper.